3.0.0 3387 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z 2020-02-10T17:02:02Z Senate S S 2008-07-31 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-31T21:33:06Z National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 110 2994 HR 2008-10-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2008-07-31 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-07-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7946) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2008-07-31 True Health Communication in medicine Conferences Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Health education Higher education Medical education Medical research National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Science, Technology, Communications Health 00 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-04T20:04:39Z National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to convene a Conference on Pain to: (1) increase the recognition of pain as a significant public health problem; (2) evaluate the adequacy of assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute and chronic pain; (3) identify barriers to appropriate pain care; and (4) establish an agenda for action that will reduce such barriers and improve pain care research, education, and clinical care.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Pain Consortium to: (1) establish a national agenda for research on the causes and effective treatments for pain; and (2) convene an annual conference of experts in pain research, treatment, and management to assess and make recommendations on NIH pain research activities and programs. Requires the Director of NIH to establish the National Pain Care Research Advisory Committee.

Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to: (1) collect protocols and evidence-based practices regarding pain care at all stages of life; and (2) disseminate such information to regulatory and enforcement agencies, health care programs, payor and providers, health professions schools, hospices, and the general public.

Allows the Secretary to provide for the development and implementation of programs to educate and train health care professionals in pain care.

Requires the Secretary to establish a national pain care education outreach and awareness campaign.

]]> National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 Display Title National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3387is/xml/BILLS-110s3387is.xml 2008-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.